Bobak Ferdowsi Biography

Bobak Ferdowsi works at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a systems engineer. He was a member of the Cassini–Huygens and Curiosity missions on Mars. Ferdowsi earned a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Washington. He performed research at the Department of Physics under Nobel Laureate Hans Georg Dehmelt. He enrolled at MIT in 2001 and became a member of the Lean Aerospace Initiative, where he remained until 2003. Ferdowsi joined JPL in late 2003 and worked on the Mars Science Laboratory mission until it landed successfully on August 6, 2012, over nine years later. He was also the Cassini–Huygens mission's Science Planner. On August 6, 2012, landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars, Ferdowsi became a media "sensation" or "meme" because he sported a unique mohawk haircut that was shown on NASA TV's live broadcast of the event. His mohawk became an unexpectedly memorable picture of the landing since he was positioned in a prime camera position. Ferdowsi stated that he changed his hairstyle for each mission, and the mohawk was picked by popular vote by his crew.

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